The Feds spent 25 cents and used up an envelope and a piece of paper to notify me that I will be receiving a census form later. I'm pretty sure I can tell you exactly how they racked up trillions in debt.

( a TED talk on how modern education systems stifle creativity )

Around 1:17 - "No one gives America back. You keep it until someone takes it from you." I laughed a lot.

Iowa's Supreme Court released an interesting decision this morning.
In a unanimous decision, the Iowa Supreme Court today held that the Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution.
(Summary of Varnum v Brien opinion, Iowa Supreme Court)
Because the challenge ( Read more... )

If this guy has a newsletter, I want to subscribe.
Let It Die ( Read more... )

I burst out laughing at NPR this morning on the way to work. Dick Durbin (D(ummy)-Il) was going on about the AIG bonuses and the gall of AIG employees accepting millions of dollars for a job poorly done ( Read more... )

My WTF? moment for the week:
Pray for the Conversion of Barack Obama

I'd avoid linking to these pinheads but I don't think anybody would believe me if I didn't.

What drives fundamentalists to give religion in general and Christianity in specific a bad name?

A brief reality check before we go back to celebrating.

Yesterday, people on teevee kept saying that Obama's inauguration today was the culmination of MLK's dream. I wish they understood that MLK's dream was about a day when one guy mentions the skin color of the incoming president and everybody else shrugs and says "so what?" We've still got a long way to go before we achieve that.

Today I read an op-ed piece in the Times Online from some butt-hurt vegetarian. It's a good example of everything that's wrong with the way people talk about diet. The piece is like a Michael Moore documentary -- you might agree with the point-of-view but the execution is so flawed you can't help but dislike the messenger and dismiss the message ( Read more... )